RE: [HOE] Running from a fight

["Joe Frankovitch" <slvrdrgn@larp.com>]

Sure.  I'd have no problem ruling that making someone look over their
shoulder is a Bluff roll.

Joe

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-hoe@gamerz.net [mailto:owner-hoe@gamerz.net] On Behalf Of
Theo McGuckin
Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2002 11:15 AM
To: hoe@gamerz.net
Subject: Re: [HOE] Running from a fight


> HOE rulebook, page 68 makes it clear that while you are correct that 
> beating an 8 with a 9 in an opposed roll is success, for a test of 
> wills winning by 1-4 points has no effect.  It takes 1, 2 or 3 raises 
> to cause an effect in a test o' wills.

Ouch. But okay. Is someone trying to trick someone into looking over
their shoulders really a test o' wills though? In my mind a test o'
wills is two people who know they're both trying to get the other person
to flinch/duck/run/whatever. They both have their defenses up and are
aware of the other's goal. 
In the case of trying to run from a fight it's not the same. It's in the
heat of the moment so the attacked doesn't know that the defender is
getting ready to bolt. So the mental part of the test (bluff,
persuassion,
dodge) should be easier (you don't need to beat your opponent by 5 to
get a succcess, that's a raise). But likewise the consequences of
failure are worse (you lose an action). In a duel a failed "offensive"
test o' wills doesn't do anything bad, the staredown just continues as
normal.

Theo McGuckin - SysAdmin, JLab, Safety Warden (Bldg. 85)


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